Frank Ellwood
Frank Ellwood went 13–42 as a head coach, 1975–1996, at Marshall and Georgia Southern. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1976, 5–6); by them his record is 14–41. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1996 at Georgia Southern. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 13–42 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1976 4–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Marshall | 2–9 | ||||
| 1976 | Marshall | 4–7 (Wikipedia: 5–6) | ||||
| 1977 | Marshall | 2–9 | 7th | |||
| 1978 | Marshall | 1–10 | 7th | |||
| 1979–95: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1996 | Georgia Southern * | 4–7 | T–6th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Conference games | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| At home | 21 | 7–14 | 33% |
| On the road | 23 | 2–21 | 9% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 13 | 7–6 | 54% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 31 | 2–29 | 6% |
His own 44 games on file, 1975–1978, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Uzelac 1975–1978 | 1–3 | Western Michigan | 4 | |
| Dick Crum 1975–1977 | 1–2 | Miami (OH) | 3 |
Frank Ellwood’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH)series | 4 | 1–3 |
| Western Michiganseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Toledoseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Akronseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Morehead Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Illinois Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Daytonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Southern Illinoisseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Ohio State 1956
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Dover HS (OH) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1958 | Ohio State | Assistant coach | |
| 1959–61 | Air Force | Assistant coach | |
| 1962–64 | Ohio State | Assistant coach | |
| 1965–74 | Ohio | Assistant coach | |
| 1975–78 | Marshall | Head coach | |
| 1996 | Georgia Southern | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Woody HayesOhio State
- Ben MartinAir Force
- Bill HessOhio
Assistants who became head coaches
- Carlin B. CarpenterBluffton
- Daryl DickeyPresbyterian, West Georgia
- Harold NicholsPresbyterian
- Tommy SpanglerPresbyterian
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Hayes | Ohio State | 1958–64 | Assistant coach | |
| Ben Martin | Air Force | 1959–61 | Assistant coach | |
| Bill Hess | Ohio | 1965–74 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlin B. Carpenter | Marshall, 1975–78: defensive coordinator | Bluffton | |
| Daryl Dickey | Georgia Southern, 1996: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Presbyterian, West Georgia | |
| Harold Nichols | Georgia Southern, 1996: graduate assistant | Presbyterian | |
| Tommy Spangler | Georgia Southern, 1996: defensive coordinator | Presbyterian |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.